Amended AgendaAMENDED CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City and Paris Economic Development
Corporation of Paris shall meet in special session at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6,
2024. The meeting will be held at the Depot Community Room, 1125 Bonham, in Paris,
Texas. One or all Council Members may be attending remotely, but the feed will be
available for live viewing at https://paristexas.,gov/public. The matters to be discussed and
acted upon are as follows:
1. Call meeting to order.
2. Citizens' forum.
(Persons desiring to address the Council must limit their presentation to no more than two minutes. Unless
an item is posted on the Agenda, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Council from responding to
any comments other than to refer the matter to a future agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person
with specific factual information. Claims against the City, Council Members, or employees, as well as
individual personal appeals are not appropriate for citizens' forum.)
If necessary, the City Council may convene into Executive Session under Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code regarding any item on this agenda.
Convene into executive session pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government
Code, (1) to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the
governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body
seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and
with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or
(2) to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described
by Subdivision (1), as follows: Project Blue Fire.
4. Reconvene into open session and possibly take action on those matters discussed in
executive session.
5. Adjournment.
Certification
I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board in the City Hall Annex, 150 First
St. SE, Paris, Texas and on the City's website at www.paristexas.gov, no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 1,
2024.
lice Ellis, City Clerk
Special Accommodations
This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for special
accommodations or interpretive services must be made forty-eight (48) hours prior to this meeting. Please
contact Janice Ellis at (903) 784-9248 or jellis aparistexas.gov for assistance.